Is CVE-2018-6516 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6516 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6516?

CVE-2018-6516 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6516?

CVE-2018-6516 has an EPSS score of 0.85% (54th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6516?

Upgrade puppet enterprise client tools to 18.1.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6516

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

On Windows only, with a specifically crafted configuration file an attacker could get Puppet PE client tools (aka pe-client-tools) 16.4.x prior to 16.4.6, 17.3.x prior to 17.3.6, and 18.1.x prior to 18.1.2 to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation.

How to fix

Remediation Available

puppet enterprise client toolsNVD

Affected:>= 18.1.0, < 18.1.2Fixed in:18.1.2CVE-2018-6516derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.85%probability of exploitation in 30 days

54thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 54% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

puppet.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.